Fermanagh and Tyrone (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

Northern Ireland Parliament constituency infobox
Name = Fermanagh and Tyrone


Type = County
Start = 1921
End = 1929
EM = Single transferable vote

Fermanagh and Tyrone was a county constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland from 1921 - 1929. It returned eight MPs, using the single transferable vote method of proportional representation.

Boundaries

Fermanagh and Tyrone consisted of the entirety of County Fermanagh and County Tyrone. In 1929, the constituency was divided into the East Tyrone, Enniskillen, Lisnaskea, Mid Tyrone, North Tyrone, South Fermanagh, South Tyrone and West Tyrone constituencies. [ [http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/boundaries.html Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election results: Constituency Boundaries] ]

Politics

Fermanagh and Tyrone has a slight Nationalist majority, but this was fairly evenly balanced with a Unionist minority. In both elections, four Unionists were elected, alongside three Sinn Féin members and one Nationalist in 1921, and four Nationalists in 1925.

Members of Parliament

Election results

Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Arthur Griffith
party = Sinn Féin
votes = 21,677
percentage =
seat = 1
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Edward Archdale
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 10,336
percentage =
seat = 2
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = William Coote
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 9,672
percentage =
seat = 3
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = William Thomas Miller
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 9,165
percentage =
seat = 5
count = 2Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = James Cooper
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 8,754
percentage =
seat = 6
count = 3Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Thomas Harbison
party = Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)
votes = 7,090
percentage =
seat = 8
count = 10Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = J. P. Gillin
party = Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)
votes = 5,591
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Seán O'Μahony
party = Sinn Féin
votes = 4,979
percentage =
seat = 7
count = 9Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = K. R. O'Shiel
party = Sinn Féin
votes = 4,464
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Seán Milroy
party = Sinn Féin
votes = 1,846
percentage =
seat = 4
count = 2Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Seán MacEntee
party = Sinn Féin
votes = 179
percentage =
seat =
count = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 87.9
change = "N/A"

*Both Griffith and Coote died during the course of the 1921 Parliament. Their seat remained vacant at dissolution.

Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Alexander Donnelly
party = Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)
votes = 12,098
percentage =
seat = 1
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Edward Archdale
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 11,834
percentage =
seat = 2
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Rowley Elliott
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 10,115
percentage =
seat = 3
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = William Thomas Miller
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 9,593
percentage =
seat = 4
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Cahir Healy
party = Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)
votes = 9,191
percentage =
seat = 5
count = 2Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = James Cooper
party = Ulster Unionist Party
votes = 8,923
percentage =
seat = 7
count = 3Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Thomas Harbison
party = Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)
votes = 8,257
percentage =
seat = 6
count = 2Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = John McHugh
party = Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)
votes = 6,584
percentage =
seat = 8
count = 8Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = T. Larkin
party = Irish Republican
votes = 4,483
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Seán O'Mahoney
party = Irish Republican
votes = 1,652
percentage =
seat =
count = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 85.8
change = -2.1

References

External links

* http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0
* http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/en.toc.dail.html